The Other TaxPayers' Alliance
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The Other TaxPayers' Alliance is a British
non-profit organization
formed in 2008 to campaign for a fairer tax
society.
According to its website, the mission of the OTPA is to address the selective material released by the right wing pressure group known as The TaxPayers' Alliance. An organisation that claims to represent a "grassroots alliance" of "ordinary taxpayers" but which is actually a free-to-join mailing list.
The Other TaxPayers' Alliance receives no funding, is quite happy to be described as left-wing and also makes no claim to represent all taxpayers. It does point out that 99.6% of British taxpayers are not represented by its namesake either. The Other TaxPayers' Alliance is run on a volunteer basis by website developer Clifford Singer, with help from an informal network of bloggers.
was given a £500,000 grant by his department without it being advertised or other groups being asked to tender for it,.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
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formed in 2008 to campaign for a fairer tax
Tax
To tax is to impose a financial charge or other levy upon a taxpayer by a state or the functional equivalent of a state such that failure to pay is punishable by law. Taxes are also imposed by many subnational entities...
society.
According to its website, the mission of the OTPA is to address the selective material released by the right wing pressure group known as The TaxPayers' Alliance. An organisation that claims to represent a "grassroots alliance" of "ordinary taxpayers" but which is actually a free-to-join mailing list.
The Other TaxPayers' Alliance receives no funding, is quite happy to be described as left-wing and also makes no claim to represent all taxpayers. It does point out that 99.6% of British taxpayers are not represented by its namesake either. The Other TaxPayers' Alliance is run on a volunteer basis by website developer Clifford Singer, with help from an informal network of bloggers.
Media exposure
In 2010, The Other TaxPayers' Alliance was successful in establishing that a free-schools lobby group headed by a former adviser to Michael GoveMichael Gove
Michael Andrew Gove, MP is a British politician, who currently serves as the Secretary of State for Education and as the Conservative Party Member of Parliament for the Surrey Heath constituency. He is also a published author and former journalist.Born in Edinburgh, Gove was raised in Aberdeen...
was given a £500,000 grant by his department without it being advertised or other groups being asked to tender for it,.
TaxPayers’ Alliance quote generator
Since 2009 the Alliance has provided a "handy tool for busy journalists, The TaxPayers’ Alliance quote generator, providing spurious statements attacking public spending, whether the spending is worthwhile or not.External links
- Official website
- PCS Union Article describing why the OTPA needs to challenge the TPA's media dominance
- http://www.educationinvestor.co.uk/%28X%281%29S%28pypepx45mabnfwadmvnpid2y%29A%28Fqn6i2vsywEkAAAAZGY2ODg1NTgtMjBkMi00ZGEyLWIwNGMtNjg5ZDc2OTczMjIyIAcXxZHouhxo0oawf9bEfp-Ad8c1%29%29/ShowArticle.aspx?ID=1945Education Investors article critical of the changes to accountability permitted by the abolition of Quangos in the wake of the NSNNSNNSN may refer to:* NATO Stock Number, a 13-digit numeric coding system used to define and identify NATO military supply equipment. Also known in the USA as the National Stock Number.* Nelson Airport...
issue] - LGC article criticising inaccuracies of Taxpayers' Alliance claims about local government pensions
- Sourcewatch profile of the Taxpayers' Alliance